Restaurant could be demolished for housing

A derelict Finchampstead restaurant could be demolished to make way for a new house.

The Hansom Cabin in Lower Wokingham Road has been empty since 2006, when the owners decided to retire from the restaurant business.

Since then, there have been several bids to turn it into a Chinese takeaway. However all have been refused by Wokingham Borough Council because it deemed access to the site as too dangerous for frequent use by drivers.

Under the latest application, a new home would replace the restaurant.